for christ sake you need taxes to make roads bridges, hospitals..etc... in all aspects of human activity there will be "evil" doings..get over it...move on and accept...the taxes are here to stay whether you like it or not..let us pray they are spent wisely to help society to become a better place for ALL.... merle RAF,
> I do not oppose taxes for personal reasons ... but because they empower evil > *and reduce the people to poverty*. I see the evil of state and national lotteries for the reason in your final clause (where I've added my emphasis of '*'). --Joe > R A Fonda <rafonda@...> wrote: > > On 12/12/2012 7:15 AM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: > > taxes, like death, are just part of life > > Taxes are so dangerous because they enhance and sustain government > power, which is pernicious due to the imperfections of human nature, and > because they destroy economic productivity, which impoverishes society, > with all the misery that entails. Taxes are used to sustain unproductive > activity (if such activity were productive, it would not require > tax-support) including war, imperialistic adventures, and domestic tyranny. > > I do not oppose taxes for personal reasons (I don't make enough money to > be especially burdened by them) but because they empower evil and reduce > the people to poverty.
